Yorkshire Water - £15.9 million investment sees 70% Phosphorus drop at five wastewater treatment sites
Yorkshire Water’s £15.9 million investment to improve river water quality by upgrading five wastewater treatment works across East Yorkshire has been completed.
South East Water to bring in temporary hosepipe restrictions for Kent customers
South East Water is moving to restrict the use of hosepipes and sprinklers for customers in Kent with immediate effect to ensure that the company can provide a consistent public water service for all its customers in the county.
Southern Water receives further £300m investment and welcomes new shareholder Asterion Industrial Partners
Southern Water has secured a further £300 million of equity investment, delivering the £1.2 billion equity support package announced in July 2025.
Anglian Water partners with North Northants Council to protect environment
A partnership between Anglian Water and North Northamptonshire Council’s Highways team has helped protect the environment in Thorpe Malsor by reducing the risk of pollution after legacy connections were discovered within the local wastewater network.
Northumbrian Water partnership embarks on £2.3 million Gateshead flood reduction project
Work is set to start on a groundbreaking partnership project to reduce the risk of flooding in Gateshead.
South East Water asks customers to use water for essential purposes only as temperatures rise
With temperatures widely expected to exceed 35°C this week, South East Water is asking its customers to use water for essential purposes only.
British Water launches annual Water and Wastewater Company Performance Survey 2026
British Water has launched its annual Water and Wastewater Company Performance Survey 2026 - the organisation is inviting members and non-members alike to respond.
South East Water announces former Pennon Group Chief Operating Officer John Halsall as CEO-Designate
South East Water has today announced John Halsall as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)-Designate, effective immediately.
Business Stream publishes first annual report highlighting service and sustainability progress
Business Stream, one of the UK’s leading water retailers has published an annual progress report for its industry-first Customer Care Charter, highlighting improvements in customer satisfaction, service standards and sustainability performance across the past year.
Yorkshire Water to start three Leeds water main replacement schemes this week
Yorkshire Water is getting ready to begin a hat-trick of water mains replacement schemes at Oakwood, Gipton and Fearnville, Leeds this week to improve resilience and reliability of the area’s network.
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Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites. -
Making storm overflow data make Sense – Metasphere launches dedicated monitoring device
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 July 2025, then environment secretary Steve Reed said, “This Government will cut water companies’ sewage pollution in half by the end of the decade.”
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply. -
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